Teacher Tech Tips

Tips to help integrate technology into your classroom

Teacher Tech Tips

Tips to help integrate technology into your classroom

Edition 1 - February 8, 2016

For this first edition I'm going to show you some cool things I've learned at the many Google Summits I've attended over the years. If you want help integrating technology into your classroom, schedule a time with me and we'll work on it together.

Formative Assessment Sites

Kahoot!

Kahoot! is a game-based assessment site which is not only extremely fun for students, it will give you great data. Questions are all multiple choice. Sign up for an account here: https://getkahoot.com

Pear Deck

Pear Deck is a student response assessment site that allows you to ask five different types of questions: draggable, drawing, multiple choice, free text response and free number response. Sign up for an account here: https://www.peardeck.com

Plickers

Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices. Print your cards, grab your smart phone and you are ready to go. Sign up for an account here: https://plickers.com

Kahoot!

Kahoot! is a game-based assessment site which is not only extremely fun for students, it will give you great data. Questions are all multiple choice. Sign up for an account here: https://getkahoot.com

Pear Deck

Pear Deck is a student response assessment site that allows you to ask five different types of questions: draggable, drawing, multiple choice, free text response and free number response. Sign up for an account here: https://www.peardeck.com

Plickers

Plickers is a powerfully simple tool that lets teachers collect real-time formative assessment data without the need for student devices. Print your cards, grab your smart phone and you are ready to go. Sign up for an account here: https://plickers.com

Some Awesome Google Extensions to Add to your Browser

1-Click-Timer

A slick and reliable timer to use with Google Chrome. Works offline too.